Bursa Grand Mosque (Ulu Cami)

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The Bursa Grand Mosque (Ulu Cami); built by Bayezid I in 1396-1399 CE, among the greatest Anatolian mosques of its age with its many-domed prayer hall 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Anatolia
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Architecture

Overview

The Bursa Grand Mosque (Ulu Cami); built by Bayezid I in 1396-1399 CE in the first Ottoman capital 1.

In the sources

Freely devotes a section to the mosque within Bursa's architecture, noting it was built in 1396-9 by Beyazit and that its many-domed prayer hall ranks it among the greatest Anatolian mosques of its two centuries 1.

People and things also explored

Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh

Sources

  1. John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011)
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